What should the Pittsburgh Penguins do in the offseason? As many of you already know, I am a big Penguins fan. I still can't get over the fact that they won the cup, but tonight I wanna think about the offseason coming up. All numbers in this post will go off of a 56M cap, while it is 56.7 now I am just gonna have it go down a bit, just in case it does. Also, I will be starting with a cap hit of 46.9M, which leaves the Penguins with 9.1M left to spend.

Sykora- He has shown he has lost a step, and I think his days in the NHL are done. I expect him to sign in the KHL, maybe with the Mettallurg Magnitogorsk who have been rumored to be interested in him.

Satan- He showed in the playoffs that he can still play, but he is not the goal scorer he once was. He will probably go to the KHL as well.

Boucher- We have a lot of defensman, and he is very expendable.

Hal Gill- With Lovejoy and Goligoski becoming NHL ready, and with Gill getting slower by the game I think it is best to let him go.

Garon- He was decent as the back-up in the 1 1/2 games he played for the Penguins, but I think Curry should be the back-up next season.

With the remaining free agents, I would do the following:

Guerin- Watching him since we won the cup, no doubt he is gonna come back. He is having so much fun, and during the parade there was a 1 more year chant for him. Then while Malkin was talking he said "one more year for Guerin" then he said "no, 2 more years for Billy" and Guerin comes up from behind, taps him on the shoulder and gives him a thumbs up. I think he stays for 2 years/4M. Leaving the Penguins with 7.1M to spend.

Fedotenko- He showed how good he can be in the playoffs, so I think he should get around a 2 year/4M contract like Guerin leaving the Penguins with 5.1M.

Zigomanis- His face-off ability is amazing. Great 4th line center to have. Give him around 700K for a year or 2. 4.4M left.

Adams- He is a great 4th line player. He has grit, defensive ability, and is something every team needs. He should get similar money to Zigomanis, probably around 750K. 3.65M left.

Scuderi- Showed his value in the playoffs. Great deffensively, 3 years 7.5M total. 1.15 left

Along with those 10 UFA's, the Penguins have a few RFA's. The bigger ones being Alex Goligoski, Ben Lovejoy and John Curry. All 3 of these guys could be on the roster next year.

Goligoski*- Amazing offensive talent, but a little weak on defense at times. Deserves a raise, probably around 1.5M. .-.35M left

Lovejoy- Amazing defensive player, was a +40 or something crazy like that in WBS. Probably deserves 900K for now. -1.25 left.

Curry- Future back-up for this team, but doesn't deserve much of a raise from what he is making now. Worth 600K. -1.85M left.

With all that done, yes they would be over the cap but I have more moves to come. Projected line-up so far: Forwards- Kunitz-Crosby-Guerin Fedotenko-Malkin-Talbot Cooke-Staal-Kennedy Adams-Zigomanis-Dupuis Godard Defense- Gonchar-Orpik Letang-Eaton Goligoski-Scuderi Lovejoy Goalies- Fleury Curry

That is before free agency, in which I feel the Penguins will need to add a veteran defensman and maybe another player or 2. Free agency moves I would make:

The last thing I think this team should look into is getting another top-6 foreward. The only way they would be able to do that is to trade Jordan Staal, which I would rather them not do unless they get an offer they cannot refuse for a guy like Rick Nash (which there is no chance of that is all).

So the line-up above would be my final roster. Thoughts? What would you do if you were the Penguins?

*Note: I changed Goligoski from 1.1M/year to 1.5M/year because he just signed a 3 year/4.5M total deal. Not much of a difference, but since it was signed today I decided to change it.